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|name = Eldon, Missouri
|settlement_type = [[City]]
|official_name = City of Eldon
|nickname =
|motto =
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|image_map = Miller_County_Missouri_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Eldon_Highlighted.svg
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|map_caption = Location ofin Eldon,Miller County and the state of Missouri
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServerCenPopGazetteer2023">{{cite web |title=ArcGIS2023 RESTU.S. ServicesGazetteer Files: Missouri Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geowww2.census.gov/arcgisgeo/restdocs/servicesmaps-data/TIGERwebdata/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCDgazetteer/MapServer2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_place_29.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=AugustApril 2816, 20222024}}</ref>
|area_magnitude = ▼
|area_total_km2 = 9.21
|area_land_km2 = 9.21
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<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Censuscensus|2020]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US2921484&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Eldon city, Missouri: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=April 16, 2024}}</ref>
|population_est = 4509
|population_total = 4416▼
|pop_est_as_of = 2023
|population_footnotes =
▲|population_total = 4416
|population_density_sq_mi = 1242.19▼
|pop_est_footnotes =
▲|area_magnitudepopulation_est = 4509
|population_density_km2 = 479.62▼
▲|population_density_sq_mi = 12421268.194 <!-- 2023 est. -->
 
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| blank2_info_sec2 = [[File:MO-52.svg|25px|link=Missouri Route 52]][[File:MO-87.svg|25px|link=Missouri Route 87]]
|website = https://{{URL|www.eldonmo.org/}}
▲|population_density_km2 = 479.62
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'''Eldon''' is a city in [[Miller County, Missouri|Miller County]], [[Missouri]], United States, located {{convert|30|mi|km}} southwest of [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]]. The population was 4,567416 atas of the [[20102020 United States Censuscensus|20102020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>
 
==History==
Eldon was [[plat]]ted in 1881, and according to tradition, named after a railroad official.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_miller.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624071356/http://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_miller.html | archive-date = June 24, 2016 | url-status = live | title=Miller County Place Names, 1928–1945 | publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri| access-date= November 6, 2016}}</ref> A post office called Eldon has been in operation since 1881.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MO&county=Miller | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=6 November 2016}}</ref>
 
Since 1987<!-- Based on math -->, Eldon hosts a Turkey Festival held every year typically on the last Saturday of September.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-30 |title=37th Annual Eldon Turkey Festival |url=https://www.lakeexpo.com/calendar/family_friendly/37th-annual-eldon-turkey-festival/event_8603f5b0-36b8-11ee-a59a-0b04c99f42e7.html |access-date=2024-06-13 |website=LakeExpo.com |language=en}}</ref>
 
===2019 tornado===
{{main|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019}}
On the night of May 22, 2019, a tornado touched down west of Eldon. It came through Eldon damaging many homes and businesses. ThatThe same tornado struck [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] later in the evening.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dabbs|first=Janet|title='A War Zone': Widespread Damage Inin Eldon, As Missouri Town Hit Byby Tornado [PHOTOS]|url=https://www.lakeexpo.com/weather/a-war-zone-widespread-damage-in-eldon-as-missouri-town-hit-by-tornado-photos/article_0a75055e-7d78-11e9-92ae-831ab93e3d4d.html|access-date=2020-10-01|website=LakeExpo.com|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Geography==
Eldon is locatedin nearnorthwestern theMiller head of [[Saline Creek (Osage River)|Saline Creek]]County. The city is served by [[U.S. Route 54 in Missouri|U.S. Route 54]] and Missouri Routes [[Missouri Route 52|52]]. It is also served byand [[Missouri Route 87|87]]. [[Jefferson City, Missouri|Jefferson City]] is {{convert|30|mi}} to the northeast, while the city of [[Lake Ozark, Missouri|Lake Ozark]] is {{convert|12|mi}} to the south. [[Bagnell Dam]], andwhich forms the [[Lake of the Ozarks]], are approximatelyis {{convert|1011|mi}} south of Eldon.<ref>''Eldon, MO,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1959 (1981 rev.)</ref>
 
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the city of Eldon has a total area of {{convert|3.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023"/> The city sits on high ground: the northwest side of the city drains toward [[South Moreau Creek]], part of the [[Moreau River (Missouri)|Moreau River]] watershed flowing to the [[Missouri River]], while the northeast side of the city is the source of Blythes Creek, a tributary of South Moreau Creek. The southeast side of Eldon drains into Saline Creek, a tributary of the [[Osage River]], which in turn flows northeasterly to the Missouri.
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-07-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>
 
===Climate===
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== Education ==
Education in the city of Eldon is provided by two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. It also includes the Eldon Career Center, which provides quality training in many technical fields.
Eldon has a [[public library]], a branch of the Heartland Regional Library System.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.heartland.lib.mo.us/eldon-branch | title=Eldon Branch | publisher=Heartland Regional Library System | access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>
 
==Popular culture==
The television show, ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'', which aired from 1963 to 1970, was based on the Burris Hotel that existed in this small railroad town in the midwestMidwest. [[Paul Henning]], the producer and creator of the show, was married to the granddaughter of the owner of the hotel and often visited.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://petticoat.topcities.com/black_%26_white_episodes.htm
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20021019051059/http://petticoat.topcities.com/black_%26_white_episodes.htm
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* [[Christian Cantwell]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Olympic]] shot-put [[Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put|silver medalist]]
* [[Lloyd Dane]], early [[NASCAR]] champion
* [[Jim Golden]], baseball player.
* [[Trevor Murdoch|William Mueller]], professional wrestler known under the names "Trevor Murdoch" and "Jethro Holiday"
* [[Harley Race]], professional wrestler
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==External links==
* {{Official|www.eldonmo.org}}
* Historic maps of Eldon in the [http://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A138782 Sanborn Maps of Missouri Collection] at the [[University of Missouri]]
 
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